Lindsay Higgins | Last Word On Sports

NFL Draft Wrap-Up

After way too many hours sitting on my butt staring at the tv and/or computer (and way, WAY too many hours of listening to Mel Kiper), here are some of my...
Manti Te’o's Dead Girlfriend A Hoax?

This is easily the strangest college football story I’ve ever heard. Remember the Michigan State-Notre Dame game in late September, before which Manti Te’o lost his girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, and his grandmother within hours...
Chip Kelly To Join Eagles

Fresh off his team’s impressive victory over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl, Oregon Ducks’ head football coach Chip Kelly is reportedly the new head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Owner Jeffrey...
BCS Title Game Preview: #1 Notre Dame vs. #2 Alabama

We’ve been waiting well over a month, but it’s finally here! Will it be worth the wait? 8:30 p.m. EST, Jan. 7 From: Miami, FL On: ESPN When Alabama Has The...
Bowl Preview: Cotton Bowl #9 Texas A&M vs. #11 Oklahoma

One more game before the big one! Friday night it’s the Cotton Bowl, with Heisman winner Johnny Football and the Texas A&M Aggies facing the Oklahoma Sooners and A Guy Who’s...
Bowl Preview: Fiesta Bowl, #5 Oregon vs. #7 Kansas State

Even when the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl is a lousy game, it’s a great excuse to eat chips- and occasionally, if you care about the outcome, to throw them at your television....
Bowl Preview: Sugar Bowl, #4 Florida vs. #22 Louisville

I don’t think this will be a very sweet game for Louisville, but you never know. 8:30 p.m. EST, Jan. 2 From: New Orleans On: ESPN When The Gators Have The...
Bowl Preview: Orange Bowl, #12 Florida State vs. #15 Northern Illinois

This year’s Orange Bowl pits underdog mid-major and BCS buster Northern Illinois against perennial power and ACC Champion Florida State. 8:30 p.m. EST, Jan. 1 From: Miami On: ESPN When Northern...
Bowl Preview: Rose Bowl #6 Stanford vs. Wisconsin

It’s the Granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl Presented by Vizio! Wisconsin AD and former coach Barry Alvarez returns to coach the Badgers as Bret Bielema left earlier this month...
Bowl Preview: Outback Bowl, #10 South Carolina vs. #18 Michigan

It’s the third and last non-BCS bowl matchup featuring a Top 10 team as the Gamecocks take on the Wolverines. 1 p.m. EST, Jan. 1 From: Tampa, FL On: ESPN When...
Bowl Preview: Chick-fil-A Bowl, #8 LSU vs. #14 Clemson

Today in our Bowl Preview Series I bring you a look at the Bowl featuring all the funny cow commercials, the Chick-fil-A Bowl. (I’m sorry, I love those cows). It’s a good old-fashioned...
Bowl Preview: Capital One Bowl, #6 Georgia vs. #23 Nebraska

Our Bowl Previews begin with a big game taking place on New Year’s Day. Its a Big 10 vs SEC match-up as the Georgia Bulldogs will take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers....
Things We Learned In College, Championship Week

The regular season certainly went out with a bang! Several highly-anticipated matchups did not disappoint. Here’s what we learned: -Georgia gave Alabama everything they had, and were ultimately done in by...
Championship Week Previews and Picks

The champions of the ACC, SEC, Pac-12, and Big Ten will all be crowned this weekend. Rather than cover one game in-depth, here are quick previews and picks for each game....
Last Word College Football Rankings, November 26

It’s always fun to see how the rankings change after Rivalry Week! 1. Notre Dame- what is there to say? Undefeated and headed to Miami to play in the National Championship....
Things We Learned In College, Week 13

Does it get any better than Thanksgiving leftovers and rivalry games? -Congrats to Notre Dame for presumably locking up a spot in the BCS title game. In the process, it’s safe to...
Game Of The Week: #20 Michigan at Ohio State

A lot is on the line for both teams in their traditional Thanksgiving-weekend rivalry game. The Wolverines need a win and a Nebraska loss on Friday against Iowa to earn a...
Last Word College Football Rankings, November 19

After a brief cold-medicine-induced hiatus last week, the rankings are back! 1. Notre Dame- Can’t avoid it any longer, they deserve to be #1, as the only major undefeated and bowl...
Things We Learned In College, Week 12

And then there was one… -I don’t know what happened to the Kansas State defense last night. They had no answer for Baylor QB Nick Florence or any of his offensive...
Game of The Week: #18 USC at #17 UCLA

It’s a win-and-you’re-in game for the Pac-12 South and a spot in the conference championship. The USC Offense: QB Matt Barkley isn’t the Heisman candidate he was in September, and he...